Chapter 451: The Might of the Protective Grand Array!

On an empty plain, figures crowded together.

This was the forward position of the Purple Dawn Sect, tasked specifically with attacking the Nether Cloud Sect and two other sects.

Ma Yi was the commander of this martial force, a Soul Sea First Layer powerhouse and a Supreme Elder of the Purple Dawn Sect.

At this moment, news of victory from the other two sects had already arrived, but there was still no word from the Nether Cloud Sect.

Ma Yi's brows were tightly furrowed, clearly in a very bad mood.

The other two sects were far stronger than the Nether Cloud Sect, yet they had no problems; it was precisely the weakest, the Nether Cloud Sect, that seemed to have run into trouble.

This time, the Purple Dawn Sect had dispatched three main forces to annihilate the six great sects and bring the Southern Domain under its rule.

The high-level members of the six great sects had already been mostly taken into custody, making the attack effortless.

The three commanders were all in competition, racing against time to be the first to take down their respective sects.

But who would have thought that trouble would arise precisely on his end?

"That fool Du Yushan, can't he even handle a mere Nether Cloud Sect?" Ma Yi ground his teeth in anger.

Just then, a disciple entered the tent, bowed to Ma Yi, and said, "Reporting to Supreme Elder, news from the Nether Cloud Sect: Elder Du and his entire force have been wiped out. The Nether Cloud Sect has reactivated its protective grand array and sealed off the mountain gate!"

Ma Yi shot to his feet, grabbed the disciple by the collar, and snarled, "What did you say? Du Yushan's entire force annihilated? Does that mean the Nether Cloud Sect still has a Transformation Sea Peak or a Soul Sea realm expert?"

Du Yushan was at Transformation Sea Seventh Layer; unless the Nether Cloud Sect had someone at Transformation Sea Eighth Layer or above, how could Du Yushan have been completely wiped out?

But in a backwater place like the Nether Cloud Sect, there weren't many Transformation Sea realm experts to begin with, and most had already been captured by the Purple Dawn Sect. How could there still be such a strong expert inside the sect?

The disciple was startled and stammered, "Disciple... disciple doesn't know either. Two days ago, I led a scouting party to the Nether Cloud Sect to gather information, and I found Elder Du and the others... their heads were hung at the mountain gate! Ten... over ten Transformation Sea realm elders, all beheaded and displayed."

"Boom!"

A blast of wind flew past the disciple's ear, shattering a stone table behind him into pieces.

"You—say—what!" Ma Yi said, enunciating each word.

The disciple was so terrified he wet himself, trembling as he said, "Su... Supreme Elder, please calm your anger."

"Calm my anger, my ass! Nether Cloud Sect, heh, very good! Very good! Beheaded and displayed—you've got some nerve!" Ma Yi suddenly turned back to the disciple and asked, "Any other news?"

As he spoke, Ma Yi released the disciple's collar and threw him aside.

The disciple quickly scrambled to his feet and said, "The Nether Cloud Sect also erected a stone tablet in front of the mountain gate, inscribed with... 'Those who cross this boundary shall be killed without mercy!'"

"Heh, killed without mercy? I'd like to see how you plan to do that! Issue the order: the entire army is to break camp and march to the Nether Cloud Sect!" Ma Yi said coldly.

The disciple, as if granted a pardon, scurried away.

...

Before the Nether Cloud Sect's mountain gate, Ma Yi stared grimly at the heads of Du Yushan and the others, and at the stone tablet inscribed with vermilion characters.

"Someone, go retrieve their heads!" Ma Yi ordered.

A small squad quickly dashed out to retrieve Du Yushan's head.

But the moment they crossed the stone tablet, several pale yellow streaks of light suddenly flew toward them.

"Ah!"

"Ah!"

...

Screams rang out in succession.

These streaks of light were extremely deadly, mercilessly reaping the lives of the squad's martial artists.

In the blink of an eye, the entire squad was wiped out.

Ma Yi's face darkened, knowing that the Nether Cloud Sect's protective grand array had been activated.

With the power of the protective grand array, killing these martial artists was far too easy.

But Ma Yi had a vague feeling that the power of this array seemed extraordinary!

"Zhu Mingyu, take a few men to test the power of that array. Remember, do not cross that stone tablet; just gauge its strength," Ma Yi instructed.

Zhu Mingyu was one of his top generals, a Transformation Sea Peak expert, perfect for testing the array's power.

If the Nether Cloud Sect still had a Transformation Sea realm expert, at most they could maintain the array at the Transformation Sea Peak level. Zhu Mingyu, along with several other Transformation Sea realm martial artists, should be enough to shake the array.

Zhu Mingyu accepted the order and led several Transformation Sea realm experts to the array.

"Everyone, hold nothing back. Use your strongest attacks, and we'll break this array together!" Zhu Mingyu said.

"Yes!"

Everyone responded in unison and began to fully mobilize the world's primal energy.

In an instant, a terrifying aura spread through the air. The attack of a Transformation Sea Ninth Layer Peak martial artist was already extremely powerful, not to mention several late-stage Transformation Sea realm experts.

The combined strike of these men was far beyond what an ordinary martial artist could withstand.

"Everyone, follow my command! Focus the attack on a single point of the array! Go!" Zhu Mingyu shouted.

At his command, seven or eight overwhelmingly powerful attacks slammed into the array!

Their coordination was clearly impeccable; the points of impact were exactly the same, and the timing was perfect—they arrived almost simultaneously!

"Boom!"

A thunderous roar!

The array remained utterly still, but Zhu Mingyu and the others were sent flying backward!

"Pfft!"

Several of them coughed up blood simultaneously, injured by the array's counterforce!

"Th-this... how can this array be so strong? Elder Zhu and the others attacked together, and it didn't even budge!"

"I've heard of the Nether Cloud Sect's array, called the Two Extremes Chaos Heaven Array. But that array is only a fourth-grade low-grade formation. Now that the Nether Cloud Sect doesn't even have a Transformation Sea realm martial artist, how can the protective grand array be this powerful?"

"Could it be that the Supreme Elder himself must act to break this array?"

Ma Yi's expression was extremely grim. Could it be that the Nether Cloud Sect was hiding a Soul Sea realm expert?

If that were the case, it would be trouble!

But the Nether Cloud Sect had only ever had Tian Feng as a Soul Sea realm expert, and Luo Qingfeng had just recently broken through. Aside from them, who else in the Nether Cloud Sect could be at the Soul Sea realm?

Ma Yi racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

"Hmph! No matter what you are, the Purple Dawn Sect's momentum is unstoppable. A tiny Nether Cloud Sect—can it really turn the world upside down? I'll test this broken array myself and see what power it truly has!"

Ma Yi leaped into the air and landed before the array!

He raised his palm to the sky, muttering incantations, and terrifying primal energy instantly converged toward him!

This was the power of a Soul Sea realm martial artist: using soul force combined with the sea of primal energy to mobilize the world's primal energy with effortless ease!

"Ultimate Origin Heavenly Heart Palm! Break for me!"

Ma Yi mobilized eighty percent of his primal energy in one breath, and an extremely fearsome attack flew toward the array!